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11:13am - 3 March 2022

Three more weight management programmes are to be launched to help North Somerset residents achieve a healthy body weight.

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12:28pm - 1 March 2022

Over 98 per cent received one of their three preferences, with over 92 per cent of applicants being allocated a place at their first preference secondary school.

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8:54am - 1 March 2022

North Somerset Council has issued an urgent please for landlords and owners of empty homes to come forward and help provide affordable rental properties for people across North Somerset who are in housing need.

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3:01pm - 28 February 2022

North Somerset Council has written to its garden waste customers with details of compensation for suspended collections last year due to heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver shortages.

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11:36am - 25 February 2022

Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Ukraine as they suffer grievously under this abhorrent act of war by the Russian regime.

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9:26am - 25 February 2022

As celebrations begin to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee year, North Somerset residents are being urged to record their celebrations and capture the moment in history.

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2:22pm - 23 February 2022

A £110,000 scheme to improve the A370 in Backwell begins on Monday (28 February).

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3:08pm - 22 February 2022

North Somerset health leaders are urging residents to remain cautious as the country plans to live with covid, following the Government’s announcement and recent falls in local infection levels.

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8:30am - 22 February 2022

On Monday 28 February, the new Leigh Woods resident parking scheme will launch.

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4:12pm - 21 February 2022

Children and young people across North Somerset will benefit from a budget designed to make childhood fairer. 

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11:37am - 17 February 2022

North Somerset residents are being urged to be weather aware and stay safe as the council gears up to respond to the threat of Storm Eunice.

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4:24pm - 16 February 2022

Local residents are celebrating the creation of a new open air community gym at St John’s Field in Weston-super-Mare.

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12:39pm - 16 February 2022

The re-development of vacant sites in Weston Town Centre took another step forward last night, with a decision by North Somerset Council to start work to find a development partner.

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11:28am - 16 February 2022

Further improvements to the eagerly anticipated Pier to Pier Way between Weston and Clevedon are set to go ahead. 

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10:46am - 16 February 2022

North Somerset Council members met last night and set the budget for the year ahead. They approved a financial strategy which protects vital council-services while also investing an extra £40m in long-term local projects to improve services for children, green initiatives and local facilities.